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FARIDABAD
Quack held: A quack was arrested for allegedly molesting a woman who visited his clinic for medical treatment on Friday. The victim had visited the clinic along with her husband on Thursday. Later, when husband had gone to bring medicine from a nearby medical store, the accused sexually harassed the woman while she was alone in the clinic. Hisar
Inquiry officer: Deputy Commissioner Amit Aggarwal on Friday appointed Additional Deputy Commissioner Ashok Kumar Garg as Judicial Inquiry Officer to probe the violence that took place during a demonstration at the mini-secretariat here on June 13 last year. The violence had resulted in the death of a woman. The ADC will submit his report in two weeks. Panipat
First convocation: The Panipat Institute of Engineering and Technology held its first convocation on Friday during which the degrees were awarded to more than 200 graduate and postgraduate students of various engineering and management disciplines. KU Vice-Chancellor DDS Sandhu presented the degrees to the students as the chief guest on the occasion. Earlier, college chairman Hari Om Tayal presented medals and prizes to 18 outstanding students. Sirsa
Seven-year RI: A local fast track court on Friday sentenced a government doctor to seven years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 for raping a staff nurse at the Community Health Centre in Nathusari Chopta village of Sirsa in 2008. The accused, Dr Jaiveer
Jangra, was posted as medical officer at the Civil Hospital in Tosham and had gone to the centre for some work, when he allegedly raped the nurse.
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BILASPUR
Charas seized: A police party, led by Sub Inspector Hoshiar Singh Rana, CIA in charge, raided barber Nand Lal’s shop at Laghat village and recovered about 200 gm of charas from his possession. Reports said the police acting on a tip-off raided the shop and arrested the accused after registering a case against him. — OC Cong targets Nadda: The district Congress here has taken a strong exception to the “willful absence” of Bilaspur Sadar MLA and former Forest Minister JP Nadda from a meeting with the Chief Minister a few days ago for the finalisation of plans for the respective constituencies though Nadda was at Shimla for the whole day. Talking to mediapersons at the Circuit House on Friday, state Congress executive member Jitender Chandel said this was a sheer “betrayal” of the people of Bilaspur Sadar by the MLA. CHAMBA
Honour for artist: The Chamba Welfare Association, a local NGO, has decided to honour a renowned artist of
Chamba, Vijay Sharma, on the conferment of the Padma Shri Award to him by the Government of India for his distinguished services in the field of art (painting) by organising a function in March or April next
year.
SUNDERNAGAR
Nalwar Fair: In order to celebrate the state-level Nalwar Fair, a meeting was held under the chairmanship of Viviek
Chandel, SDM, Sundernagar, at Suket Sadan on Thursday. Dile Ram, Chairman, Finance Commission, and MLA,
Nachan, and Roop Singh Thakur, MLA, Sundernaagar, attended the meeting as special invitees. The meeting was convened for the preparation of the Nalwar Fair, which is scheduled to be held from March 22 to March 28. Donations: The Suket Cine Co-operative Society,
Sundernagar, has donated Rs 20,000 to social organisations through the
SDM, Sundernagar. Vivek Chandel, SDM, Sundernagar, on Thursday given Rs 7,000 to Gausadan Kalyan
Samiti, Rs 5,000 to the Red Cross Society, Rs 5,000 to the Old Age Home and Rs 3,000 to the Hospital Welfare Society,
Sundernagar, to representatives of these organisations on behalf of the Suket Cine Co-operative Society.
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Kumaon BriefsMarriage solemnised in police presence:
A marriage was solemnised in police presence in the Kaladhungi area of Nainital district after the two parties had indulged in violence. It is learnt that the trouble started when the members of the bride’s family hide the shoes of the groom. In the meantime, heated arguments were witnessed over a photographer allegedly misbehaving with a girl. There was a free for all and six persons were injured in the clash. However, the marriage was later solemnised in the presence of the police.Bhawali-Almora road witnesses blockades:
The Bhawali-Almora road continues to witness blockades on account of frequent landslides at Jaurasi. The road was blocked near Jaurasi on Thursday following a landslide. A large number of vehicles were stranded. However, the road was reopened after a couple of hours. It was devastated due to heavy rain in September, 2010. Since then it has been witnessing landslides regularly, leading to traffic blockade. At present traffic movement is restricted between Khairna and Almora in the evening as a precautionary measure.Water shortage in Haldwani areas:
Residents of several localities in Haldwani are facing shortage of water for the past 20 days as tubewells are not functioning due to damaged motors. The worst-affected areas are Kusumkheda, Oonchapul, the Gas Godown road and the RTO road. The people complain that they have to buy water from private tankers.48 children stung by honeybees:
Forty-eight children were stung by a swarm of honeybees in the Banbasa area of Champawat district. It is learnt that the children were attacked by the bees while they were having mid-day meal in a government-run school in Canal Colony. They were taken to a Community Health Centre in the emergency response service ambulance. One killed in accident:
One person was killed and another injured when the motorcycle they were riding was hit by a speeding dumper near Khempur Tiraha in the Nanakmatta area of Udham Singh Nagar district. The deceased has been identified as Honey Mishra, 22, a resident of Bareilley in Uttar Pradesh. Mishra was returning home along with his friend after paying obeisance at the Nanakmatta gurdwara when the accident took place. The driver of the dumper fled after the accident. The police is investigating the matter.(Compiled by Rajeev
Khanna)
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